02/10/2018 DAB Transcript

Today
is the 10th day of February. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am
Brian. It’s great to be here with you today at the close of another week. And
we just keep taking these steps forward and the weeks go by and we move our way
through the Bible. It’s incredible, the rhythm that is established and the
change that is available inside of ourselves as the Scriptures speak to us. So,
we’re at the close of another week. And we’ve been reading from the Good News
Translation this week, which is what we’ll do today. We’ll go back out to Mount
Sinai where the first of the law is being given and we’ve seen ordinances put
in place toward the priesthood, a group of people that are being set apart out
from this people to continually tell the story so that they don’t forget and to
minister before God. And also of a tabernacle, a portable temple, essentially.
A place that will sit in the middle of the camp with all the tribes encamped
around it so that God will meet with them and move around with them, will be
with them wherever they go, wherever he leads them, right in the middle of it
all. So, today Exodus chapter 30 verse 11 through 31:18.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in the New Testament, in the book of Matthew, we are
moving through the story of Jesus’ last days. And we’re seeing how alone Jesus
was in this. We’re seeing that He was abandoned by His friends, those who had
walked with Him, those who had heard Him minister and saw Him heal. And they
left. They ran away. And Jesus was taken
from the garden of Gethsemane, so this olive grove on the side of the Mount of
Olives and back across the Kidron Valley and into Jerusalem, where the high
priest’s quarters were. Ruins still exist today. And it’s one of the places
that we will visit when we’re in the land of the Bible. And we’ll be heading
off on that trip, whether virtually or in person, we’ll all be going together
and we’ll be departing a week from today. But as we read through this story in
Matthew, if it doesn’t make our hearts drop, like, if we can’t see this Jesus
that we have come to know and love and have sought to be like. Right? To be Christ-like.
We’re seeing what He’s going through and it’s so, so heartbreaking. That God,
the Creator, would come to earth to rescue people and people reject Him
outright.

In a few days, this coming Wednesday, the season of Lent begins.
And we’ll talk about that when we get there. You may know all about it, you may
know nothing about it. That’s all fine. We’ll talk about it when we get there.
But one of the purposes of the season of Lent, this forty days leading up to
Easter, is contemplation. Just to understand and try to allow it to sink in,
what it cost. What the price of sin is. Right? So, in the Old Testament, the
book of Exodus, we’re seeing rituals being laid out that include sacrifice.
This is intended to show them what the price of sin is. But in Jesus, we see
the awful, awful price that it cost to give us salvation, that is a gift that
we cannot earn. So profoundly humbling to contemplate. So, yeah, the season of
Lent is about that and it begins on Wednesday, but we’re right here right now
in this story. And so just understanding what it was Jesus had to endure is
humbling and we should be humbled by it.

Prayer:

Jesus, we are humbled. We are. Because we have run away and
abandoned You, too. We have run and run and run in so many directions and You
have still kept leaving to find us. And why You would value us individually so
much is beyond comprehension. But it’s plain to see. Your word reveals to us Your
heart toward us. And, so, what else can we say? Thank you isn’t enough. Like,
words begin to fail completely in the face of what You endured on our behalf.
You didn’t have to do this. It was love, and it’s reaching across time, beyond
comprehension, and spilling into our lives and it should create in us a
response of humble adoration and worship. And, so, that’s where we are. We worship You. It’s beyond our ability to grasp, what You
endured. And when we look at our lives, it’s all because of Your sacrifice. And,
so, we thank You, Jesus. Today, we just take these moments to thank You. And,
Holy Spirit, we invite You because we want to spend this time in contemplation,
to really appreciate what we take for granted so often. Come, Holy Spirit. We
ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Announcements:

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here.

So, as I just mentioned, a week from today we’ll be leaving for
the land of the Bible and be doing a tour there for the next couple of weeks.
And I would ask in advance of the community that we all begin to pray over
that. It’s a lot of work. It’s a grueling thing to be touring all day,
maintaining Daily Audio Bible, everything from across the ocean. So, there’s a
lot of component parts and just a lot involved. Absolutely breathtaking,
beautiful to do and we’ll be working every day to make this as virtual as
possible for those that are not actually there. So, you definitely want to
follow the Daily Audio Bible Facebook page or Daily Audio Bible Instagram page.
We will be posting from Israel a lot, but we’re going to need your
intercession. And, yeah, it needs to start now and cover us all the way through
- health, transportation, jet lag, fatigue - all of it. So, if it comes to
mind, if the Holy Spirit begins to bring that up, thank you for your prayers
over that as we pilgrimage to the land of the Bible with the intention of
opening up the Bible and making it a real alive place that it is. So, thank you
for your prayers.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, if this is bringing
life into your life, then thank you for your partnership in keeping it alive.
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And, as always, if you have a prayer request or comment, 877-942
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And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be
waiting for you here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi there. I am Peggy and I so appreciate DAB and
appreciate the opportunity to hear Brian read the word so clearly because I
have a hard time reading. It’s just difficult for me now. And I can’t carry a
burden by myself. And, so, I am sharing it with you all. I’ve called several
times through the years with a heart concern asking for prayer. I just want you
to know that always grateful for those of you who will join the praying of the
concerns of my heart. And know that I take the prayer time seriously and lift
so many of you before the Lord. I thank you for joining me. And, I will say
that I’m in my early 80s, and my husband was a minister, and died suddenly just
a few months after he retired. We raised four children and now have 13
grandchildren. Last spring during a routine visit with my ophthalmologist for
macular degeneration, I was given a shot. And I found, 12 hours later, through
hard pain and in the middle of the night that my eyesight was gone in one eye
and it will not be recovered. And it was such a shock and so sudden and so much
pain with all that. And, anyway, good medical report one day and the next no
sight in one eye and lots of adjustment. I was hospitalized in rehab and that
had been home and on my own over the last eight months. And today by Dr. at the
medical school said he thought the I should be removed. It’s been hurting him
there’s no pressure in the eye which is not a good sign. The thought of going through
that kind of surgery is horrid to me. Friends I don’t think I can do it. I am
asking that God will keep my eye from deteriorating more, to keep my body from
rejecting the eye. I’m frightened of surgery and I don’t want more pain. I’m sad.
I just feel like I’m too old to go through that. Anyway, though I’m vital in
many ways. Please join me in…

Hello DAB family it’s Akhim from Alberta Canada. I’m
calling from my brother Blind Tony. I just heard you calling and asking for
prayers with regard to your cancer on the podcast on January 30th.
Tony, your poetry has been a real, real an inspiration to me for the past few
years. And I just pray for you my brother, that God’s will be done in your life.
I know He’s the God our healer and He can do amazing things in our life. My
brother, you’ve been so great to so many people through poetry. So, we just
take heart and know that God is with you. Let’s pray. Father God, in Jesus name
I thank you for my brother Blind Tony. You know his heart, You know his mind,
and You know his spirit Lord. So, let Your will be done in His life. May You be
with him and his family. Give him a living touch Lord. You know You are better
than any doctor we can have Lord. And You can do exceedingly and amazingly more
than we can think or even imagine. You can do quickly ___. So, I just pray for
Tony, that You touch him and You heal them Lord with Your great hand. In Jesus’
name I pray. Amen. Hey brother. God with you. Thanks.

Hear me dear Lord as I go through this day
To glorify You in every single way
And not bring reproach by the things that I say
To believe in your word and just trust and obey
There’s darkness around me please give me more light
Let me know Father that everything is all right
Dispel all the shadows make everything clear
And when I get lonely God please linger near
Strengthen my faith God and let me shine bright
Knowing in all things that I’m truly alright
And when there is sadness Lord help me to smile
To believe and hope with the faith of a child
Dependent in all ways just like life is to the sun
Not my will Father but thy will be done

blindtony1016@gmail.com
I’d like to thank everybody for their many, many prayers. And also, does anyone
know anything about Bill B? I haven’t heard about brother Bill in a long time. And
thank you once again, Brian, for this wonderful podcast for God’s Holy Spirit
to flow. Keep it flown’ y’all. All right. Bye-bye.

Billy in Montgomery, Show Me God’s Love, Melissa in
Alabama, Walta, Shantee in Detroit, Terri, Drew in the bay area. Salvation is
Mine, Blind Tony, Pastor Gene. I am calling these names out because you guys
have been on my heart, deeply, for all that you are going through. And when I
am praying for you I am praying for myself, that God is going to claim the
victory, that whatever it is we are all battling in this moment, God is in it,
God will bring us through it. He is going to heal us from the top of our head
to the soles of our feet. I want all of these prayer warriors that are a part
of this DAB family to all come together and lift up all of those that have called
in, all of those who have not called in. All of the names that have gone
unspoken, know that your names are not unspoken. To all the new callers, you
think you know what this is about. You have no idea. I have been listening to
the DAB for 13 years, 13 years. And when I tell you I thought I was just
joining something to listen to a podcast about God, I had no idea the
connections that I would make. Living so far away in Munich Germany, I have
found a family. I have found a deeper relationship with the Lord. Brian Hardin,
you and your family, China with the chronological Bible, is just blowing it out
the park. You guys have just no idea how wonderful this is. And to all the
people behind the scenes, Sarah Jane in her entire staff, everyone that makes
this happen. I pray prayers a blessing over you, prayers of your household.
Victoria soldier I love you, Melissa and I Alabama, I…

Hi family. It’s Shannon from Texas. And I have a message
for Jordan from Michigan. Is it Michigan? Jordan the teacher, I want to say LA.
I don’t know which one. But Jordan, I love you so much. I’ve always listen to
you and when you called in and prayed for my son to Jadrian, we just him Jay, I
know Jadrian’s hard to say, it was so on point and so led by the spirit,
everything that you said. And I was thinking about how you’re a teacher and how
God has to be using you so mightily. I know He is. I’ve known from every time
that you’ve called. And how it would’ve been so nice when my son was in school
if he would have had someone like you. He really didn’t, not here we live now.
The Lord told me just to take him out of high school and it’s kind of a long
story but it was awful. We didn’t have anyone. And I know that the Lord can use
you mightily. He is using you mightily. If you look at it every day like you
were going in, and I know that you do this, you’re going into a ministry, and
it is a ministry, and know that the enemy has come against you, come against
your mind, tried to come against you in every way. But know that God has put
you and ordained you and purposed you for this life, that you are being used
mightily, and you can overcome this this feeling of it always being a battle. I
know it feels like this right now, but if you just stay in him and keep
pressing in, you will get past this and this will be a glorious life for you at
the service for the Lord. This is your purpose, this is your passion, and this
is God’s plan for you. So, just press in, don’t give up, we love you and we are
praying for you.

Hi this is Lara calling from Lionel Lake Minnesota. I
just wanted to say thank you everybody for this program. I am so, so, very,
very happy I found this program. I do listen carefully to everything that everyone
says and it just means so much to me. So, please keep sharing everything because
you have no idea how much you impact others. So, bless you all and just know
that God not only is listening, but other people are too. I wanted to say the
purpose of my call is to encourage you all and also to let you know that I am
struggling with my spiritual walk with God. And, so, that’s why I found this
program, to help me finally just grow spiritually. And I have a son that I raised
in the word of God when he was little and now he’s a 17-year-old child who’s
really struggling to find his way in the world. And he’s kind of strayed from
God’s word. He started doing that since he was 12 and he’s been living in a
situation with custody shared. He lives with his dad and his dad is…let’s just
say it’s not a very good environment for him. So, I pray…